Project launched to prototype large-scale high-value pan-European datasets

National providers of geospatial information have announced plans to create a prototype for harmonized large-scale, high-value pan-European open datasets. Open Maps For Europe 2 (OME2) will develop a new production process and technical specification for free-to-use, edge-matched data under a single open license. Authoritative 1:10 000 scale data for 10 countries will be delivered via the user interface built by the award-winning Open Maps For Europe Project. The prototype will provide three datasets, identified as key themes by users and defined as high-value in the European Commission’s implementing rules for the Open Data and reuse of Public Sector Information Directive – administrative boundaries, transport and hydrography. OME2 will also enhance the five existing Open Maps For Europe datasets, including the pilot Open Cadastral Map. www.eurogeographics.org